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This paper approaches the question of the production, trade and consumption of wine in the Northwest of the Iberian Peninsula, particularly in the Portuguese region of Trás-os-Montes, in the south of the conventus Asturum (ancient province of Gallaecia). Despite the total absence of amphorae at the Roman site of Castro de Avelãs (Bragança) and its surrounding area, it is possible that this important product in Roman times, could have been consumed, produced and distributed using a different type of containers. Therefore, we propose the use a specific type of jars for the storage, transport and even production of wine. This hypothesis is reinforced by the gas chromatography / mass spectrometry analysis realized in three vessels, recovered at the archaeological site. The results displayed biomarkers compatible with wine. With these data, we open the discussion about the consumption and production of wine (and other products) in this territory of the Southwest of Gallaecia. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper approaches the question of the production, trade and consumption of wine in the Northwest of the Iberian Peninsula, particularly in the Portuguese region of Trás-os-Montes, in the south of the conventus Asturum (ancient province of Gallaecia). Despite the total absence of amphorae at the Roman site of Castro de Avelãs (Bragança) and its surrounding area, it is possible that this important product in Roman times, could have been consumed, produced and distributed using a different type of containers. Therefore, we propose the use a specific type of jars for the storage, transport and even production of wine. This hypothesis is reinforced by the gas chromatography / mass spectrometry analysis realized in three vessels, recovered at the archaeological site. The results displayed biomarkers compatible with wine. With these data, we open the discussion about the consumption and production of wine (and other products) in this territory of the Southwest of Gallaecia. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The main objective of the present research study was to predict the permeability of concrete with mineral ultrafine additions by using artificial neural networks. Concrete mixtures were prepared without addition (4) and with additions of metakaolin (1), microsilica (2), and pozzolan (3). The results showed that permeability values ranged between [0.12, 733]x10-13 m/s. Using the ordinary analysis of variances, it was established that at 28 days the permeability of concrete stabilizes with the additions of (2) and (3), but not with the addition of (1). Different artificial neural network architectures were tested, obtaining correlations in the simulation phase from 0.904 to 0.907. In addition, neural networks were obtained that made feasible to safely predict permeability coefficients for added concrete. It is concluded that additions (2) and (3) have an inverse effect on the permeability of concrete, reaching stability after 28 days. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Social skills are the specific behaviors or social skills required to competently execute a task of an interpersonal nature. The stage of childhood and adolescence, are essential to learn and practice social skills, the scientific community has considered these stages are privileged for the development of these skilled behaviors and for social, academic and psychological functioning. Aggressiveness is a quality associated with violence or destruction towards others or oneself. The main objective was to review the definitions, theories and assessment instruments for both social skills and aggression. A literature review was conducted. In this study we will specify the definition and theories of social skills and aggressiveness, as well as the assessment instruments. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The aim of this paper is to present an outline of what Homer says about death in the Odyssey through a collation of the most significant concepts (thánatos, thanein, moira, kér, phónos). It distinguishes between dying, death and the way of dying as different rational realities, although they are intimately linked. In this way, the paper explores what Homer thought and what was thought at his time about death and the afterlife. In the end, some references made by the main characters of the Odyssey about dying and death are presented and it is suggested that death might not be the ultimate evil, but only one of the greatest and not the most frightening. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Greek epic poetry has always been the foundation or the beginning of Western literature not only in the epic canons, but also in the dramatic ones because Homer's knowledge of lyric poetry was expected. In this article, we will give an introduction of the epic in Greek literature and remember what has been traditionally mentioned about Homer, so that we can reflect on what has been stated about him recently. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In order to know the productive performance of dairy cows in confinement fed with tropical forages, 20 crossbred Siboney cows were studied for three years. The fodder was grown on an area of 4.25 hectares. A multiplicative model (milk production and quality) was used and the remaining measurements were analyzed with an analysis of variance, for a completely randomized design. Bimonthly interactions between labor and production for years (P < 0.001) were showed, there was an increased production in animals that calved during the rainy season (8.63 vs. 8.09 kg cow-1 day-1). Regarding the quality of milk, only the total solids percentage increased in the first two years, (P <0.05) in the rainy season. The animals of the dry group showed a better (P< 0.05) body condition than the milking cows in both seasons (2.96; 3.35 vs. 2.87; 3.30 for the dry and milking animals during the dry and rainy seasons, respectively). The breakeven analysis showed a net gains on sales of 23.68, 31.44 and 36.46% from the first to the third years respectively. The results demonstrate the possibility to obtain, milk production in the order of 9,183.09 to 12,035.40 kg of milk ha-1 yr-1, keeping the same quality. Further studies with a higher number of animals should be carried out in order to confirm these results. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article addresses the theme of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) from a critical perspective, understanding it as part of a political discourse generated in the context of a globalized neoliberalism that assigns the company, the role of hegemonic agent of development. Likewise, we present the case of companies that have been internationally recognized as socially responsible, and the social, political and environmental consequences of their practices, are analyzed. We assert that in the context of the so-called information society, the ultra-liberalized capitalism is accompanied by a geopolitical appropriation and distribution of resources and global conflicts, which involves the restoration of a global extractivist neo-feudalism. In that tone, in this work, the emergence of ISO 26000:2010 as a discursive policy that contributes to the legitimization of the geopolitical system will be analyzed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

El artículo ofrece una introducción a la edición y discute los temas incluyendo la investigación en la administración, la enseñanza de la administración y la educación superior en México.

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This paper examines two passages from Homer's Odyssey: on the one hand, verses XIV. 207-208 are analyzed grammatical and contextually; on the other and, it is pondered the ambiguity of verses XIII. 380-381, in relation with the same verses in II rhapsody, in order to demonstrate the rhetoric ability of Homer to say different things using the same words. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

There are more oral compositions than written texts. In the first section of this article, 'Written text and oral composition', the author shows why we are more familiar with 'high culture' written text than with 'low culture' orally-composed/circulated works. The second, 'From orality to written text', deals with the influence of printing on orally transmitted material, which led to the change from orality to print-based media, and suggests, from a philogical and critical perspective, the effect that the written-text treatment might have on Works of oral origen. The final section, 'Literature and memory', points out the dangers of committing to collective memory corrupt versions of oral text, which might have been printed without due care, and goes on to consider the loss of oral compositions which would have been an important component of the imaginaire of many peoples, constituting a virtual heritage-folkloric and ethnographic- which makes up part of the culture of these societies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Phytochemical characterization of Tecoma stans leaves, determination of chromium and their hypoglucemiant action in experimental animals with induced diabetes was done. The hyperglucemiant streptozotocin was employed in Sprague Dawley male rats at a dose of 45 mg/kg. The experimental treatments, all orally delivered, were the following for both diabetic and non diabetic groups: water, infusion of the plant, chromium picolinate and infusion combined with chromium picolinato. Chromium was found in T. stans (54 μg/100g), glucose levels decreased up to 33, 5 % with T. stans, 10, 1% with chromium picolinate and 32, 3% with the combination of T. stans and chromium picolinate, in 45 days. The hypoglucemiant effect of T. stans was confirmed with this study. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Se notan los artículos publicados en el número, entre ellos "El dar y el egoísmo como fundamento de la cooperación entre pares" de Norbert Alter, "De la sociología de las organizaciones a la gestión de los recursos" de Jean Nizet y François Pichault y "Culturas, Culturalismo y Miundialización" [sic] de Yvon Pesqueux.

Se presenta una crítica literaria de un diálogo entre Odiseo y el porquero en la "Odisea" de Homero. El autor asevera que la conversación entre los dos hombres, durante la cual Odiseo se presenta como un mendigo y Eumeo el porquero no sabe con quién habla, es una forma de la retórica de Homer, y que los lectores no reconocen esta característica debido al estilo fluido del autor. Concluye que la apertura presentada también deja al lector un espacio para su propia interpretación.

After assessing Voss' conjecture ἰóvτα in Od., IX, 388, this paper defends the transmitted ἐóvτα by linking it with δıvέoμεv in a chiastic relationship. This connection would allow the participle to be explained semantically by the verb. Thus, the verse that relates the blinding of the Cyclops, one of the cruelest in Homer, would vividly describe the spin of the stake gouging the eye of the monster. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This work presents the employment of the indexes of Langelier and Ryznar to estimate the scaling or corrosive tendencies of water used in a tourist installation of the Las Tunas province, where problems of corrosion were present in the electric heaters. The calculated indexes and water chemical composition corroborated that the water that is used in this installation has corrosive characteristics, and the necessary recommendations are given so that new electric heaters that are installed have a longer useful life. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

After some brief considerations concerning the definite validity of a translation, in this essay some reflections are made in relation to certain elements in the text of Homer's "Odyssey." These are personal considerations, not in the sense that the author of the essay is the first one to speak about such elements, but in the way he sees them, and in the fashion in which they affect text fixation. Specifically, the following subjects are addressed: helping Homer, the hexameter: the meter of the poem; recurrent verses and formulas; rhetorical and stylistic intentions, the textema and the writer's scruples. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]